Sterner AS
Score · fiscal year 2025
27of 100
How to read this: the company is ahead of 11 % of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. What does this mean?
Rank in the Morning class Medium: 3,304 of 3,711 · What are Morning company classes?
Place in the whole sector: 19,550 of 22,952 · Handel
Profile
Elephant · Steward
Lower profitability, high solidity
Position against comparable companies in 2025, not a verdict on the company. Based on profitability 2 and solidity 54 out of 100 among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. Methodology
Against the sector
Sterner AS is 23 points below the median for companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025.
Median score 50 among 3,711 companies.
Against companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025: operating margin −11.0% (median 3.0%) and equity ratio 33.0% (median 30.0%).
The numbers behind the score
| Measure | Company | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 261 MNOK | 93 MNOK |
| Operating margin | −11.0% | 3.0% |
| Profit margin | −10.8% | 2.8% |
| Return on assets | −16.5% | 11.6% |
| Equity ratio | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| Debt-to-equity | 2.03 | 2.24 |
| Current ratio | 1.30 | 1.39 |
| Revenue growth | −4.1% | 6.1% |
| Revenue per employee | 5.55 MNOK | 5.08 MNOK |
The median and “ahead of” refer to companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector in 2025. The bar shows the share of companies the figure is ahead of.
With an index of 27, Sterner AS does better than 11% of companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector (3,711 companies) in 2025.
Score 2023–2025
- Sterner AS
- Median: companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector
Sterner AS has a score of 27 for 2025, rank 19,550 of 22,952 in the sector.
Strongest: Solidity: percentile 54 against peers, equity ratio 33.0% against a median of 30.0%.
Weakest: Profitability: percentile 2 against peers, operating margin −11.0% against a median of 3.0%. Growth: percentile 17 against peers, revenue growth −4.1% against a median of 6.1%.
Worth a closer look
- The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern? Based on: profit margin −10.8% (median 2.8%).
- The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors? Based on: operating margin −11.0% (median 3.0%).
- What lies behind weak profitability, and will it last?
- What lies behind weak growth, and will it last?
Written by fixed rules from the figures. Describes the figures, does not explain causes. Not investment or financial advice. How the summary is made
What the numbers say
Sterner AS had an operating margin of −11.0% and an equity ratio of 33.0% in 2025, and ranks 19,550 of 22,952 in Handel.
From 2024 to 2025: the operating margin rose from −13.9% to −11.0%.
This text is generated automatically from the 2025 accounts.
Three simple methods
One method gives a figure: 51 MNOK.
| Method | Multiple | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | 10.0 | not meaningful |
| EV/EBIT | 8.0 | not meaningful |
| P/B | 1.0 | 51 MNOK |
A mechanical estimate from public accounts, not advice. Mechanical estimate from public accounts with fixed multiples. Not a valuation and not advice to buy or sell. The multiples are provisional default values and must be adjusted per sector before the figures are used for anything. See the calculation
Worth a closer look
- watch
The company made a loss before tax. Are these one-off items or a pattern?
Based on: Profit margin −10.8% (median 2.8%).
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The operating margin is lower than at three in four companies in the sector. Where do costs differ from competitors?
Based on: Operating margin −11.0% (median 3.0%).
Indications based on the latest annual accounts from open data. Not investment or financial advice.
Financial costs were 2.6% of the debt in 2025. The policy rate averaged 4.30 % the same year. This is a plain description of what the debt cost, not a model of interest sensitivity.
See interest rates, prices and exchange rates for the sector
Data quality
No anomalies found in the figures.
Scenario analysis: the sector's weakest year
We have no accounts for 2022, the sector's weakest year, for this company.
The sector's weakest year was 2022, with a median operating margin of 1.5%. Based on the 11 fiscal years we have. The analysis grows as more years are fetched or imported. Methodology
What the score is made of
| Profitability | 2 | weight 30% |
|---|---|---|
| Solidity | 54 | weight 25% |
| Liquidity | 43 | weight 15% |
| Growth | 17 | weight 15% |
| Consistency | 26 | weight 15% |
Durability: 20 (average over 3 years)
Index version 2. Data completeness 100%: the share of the weights that had data.
Questions and answers
How profitable is Sterner AS?
The operating margin was −11.0% in 2025, against a median of 3.0% among companies in the Morning class Medium in the same sector. Return on assets was −16.5%. The company made a loss before tax.
How solid is Sterner AS?
The equity ratio was 33.0% in 2025 (median 30.0%). Debt-to-equity was 2.03 (median 2.24).
What is the liquidity of Sterner AS like?
The current ratio was 1.30 in 2025 (median 1.39).
How does Sterner AS compare in Handel?
Sterner AS ranks 19,550 of 22,952 in Handel for 2025. Among companies in the Morning class Medium it is number 3,304 of 3,711. Revenue changed by −4.1% from the year before.
Public contracts
- Contracts awarded since 2024
- 2
- Total awarded value since 2024
- value not stated
- 2 contracts without a stated value are not in the total.
| Date | Buyer | Notice | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 February 2025 | Havforskningsinstituttet | 24/00795 Anskaffing - etablering av UV-anlegg for desinfisering av inntaksvatn frå Matre-elva | value not stated |
| 12 March 2024 | Ålesund kommune v/Vatn og Avløp | E61 Prosess og maskin - Prekvalifisering | value not stated |
| 17 March 2017 | Vestfold Vann IKS | UV-aggregat Seierstad | value not stated |
Based on notices in Doffin. Does not show call-offs under framework agreements or purchases below the publication threshold. Values are as stated by the buyer.
Source: Doffin (DFØ), fetched 28 October 2026. Winners are matched on organisation number.
Contains data under the Norwegian licence for public data (NLOD 2.0) made available by Doffin/the Norwegian Agency for Public and Financial Management (DFØ). NLOD 2.0
From the Central Coordinating Register
- Org. no.
- 957471455
- Legal form
- AS
- Sector
- Handel (46.640)
- Morning company class
- Medium
- Employees
- 47 registered 10 August 2026
- Founded
- 16 May 1990 36 years in operation
- Share capital
- 1.30 MNOK
- Business address
- Anolitveien 16, 1400 SKI (NORDRE FOLLO)
- Municipality
- Nordre Follo rank 1 of 10 in KOSTRA group 11
- Latest accounts filed
- 2025
- Website
- www.sterneras.no
- LEI
- 984500C44503NK5AE149 renews 27 July 2027
Source: Central Coordinating Register, Brønnøysund Register Centre. The employee count is reported by the company and may be older than the accounts. See the company at the Brønnøysund Register Centre
Ownership and roles
- Chief executive
- Bjarne-Egild Pettersen
- Chair of the board
- Bjarne-Egild Pettersen
- Auditor
- BDO AS
Source: Central Coordinating Register, fetched 29 October 2026. Only names are shown.
- Parent company
- No parent company: owned by persons
Source: GLEIF (Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation), fetched 31 October 2026. The parent is the one the company itself reported to GLEIF.
Owners and shareholdings will appear here once the shareholder data extract is in place.
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Figures last fetched 28 October 2026.
Year by year · 2023–2025
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 2 | 33 | 27 | |
| Rank | 20,982 | 17,527 | 19,550 | |
| Operating margin | −30.3% | −13.9% | −11.0% | |
| Return on assets | −47.8% | −20.1% | −16.5% | |
| Equity ratio | 3.6% | 32.9% | 33.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74 | 1.30 | 1.30 | |
| Revenue growth | – | 4.3% | −4.1% |
Accounts
From the Brønnøysund Register Centre, in the company's reporting currency (NOK).
| Key figure | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating revenue | 260.6 MNOK | 271.9 MNOK | 260.7 MNOK |
| Operating profit | −79.0 MNOK | −37.7 MNOK | −28.7 MNOK |
| Profit before tax | −82.3 MNOK | −39.0 MNOK | −28.1 MNOK |
| Net profit | −82.3 MNOK | −39.0 MNOK | −28.1 MNOK |
| Financial expenses | 6.2 MNOK | 4.2 MNOK | 2.7 MNOK |
| Total assets | 159.5 MNOK | 172.6 MNOK | 153.8 MNOK |
| Current assets | 109.4 MNOK | 128.0 MNOK | 107.8 MNOK |
| Equity | 5.7 MNOK | 56.7 MNOK | 50.7 MNOK |
| Retained earnings | −122.3 MNOK | −161.3 MNOK | −197.3 MNOK |
| Total liabilities | 153.7 MNOK | 115.9 MNOK | 103.1 MNOK |
| Current liabilities | 147.8 MNOK | 98.2 MNOK | 83.1 MNOK |
Source: Brønnøysund Register Centre (Register of Company Accounts), fetched 28 October 2026, accounts id 7204838.
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